masrupi, masrupi and Pahamzah, John and Gailea, Nurhaedah and baihaki, ahmad and usman, mustofa (2020) READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES EFFECTIVENESS IN COMPLETING TEST OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE. JOURNAL OF SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY, 55 (6). pp. 1-9. ISSN 0258-2724

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Abstract

In this experimental study, Senior high school students take the Test of English as a Foreign Language reading comprehension test using test-taking strategies. One test group takes the Test of English as a Foreign Language as a Computer-Based Test (CBT), and the control group takes the Test of English as a Foreign Language as a Paper-Based Test (PBT). Each class consists of 80 senior high school students divided into 2 groups: 40 male and 40 female, respectively. The experiment was conducted during one semester. The statistical analysis used Factorial Design (2x2) using factors of Sex (Male, Female) and Test (CBT, PBT). For multiple comparison analysis, the Tukey’s method was used. To compare the statistics of the students’ pre-test and post-test scores, the paired t-test was used. From the results of analysis using factorial design, it was found that: The mean Test of English as a Foreign Language reading comprehension scores of males and females was significantly different (p-value < 0.0001); the female mean was higher than the male mean; there was no significant difference between the mean scores of CBT and PBT testing; and there was no interaction between sex and test type. From the analysis results of pre-test and post-test scores using the paired t-test, the difference was very significant (p-value < 0.0001). These results indicate that the Test of English as a Foreign Language reading comprehension scores of students in in both groups (experimental and control), are increased.

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